Karuna
Amman allies Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan
the former military commander of LTTE
and presently National Integration
and Reconciliation Minister said that
the LTTE’s downfall began with
Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination.
He said, “I told Prabhakaran
that he had made a big mistake”
and Prabhakaran refused it.
Prabhakaran and Pottu Amman had designed
Rajiv Gandhi's assassination for India’s
military intervention in SriLanka
in the Late 80’s.
Following the incident 20 Countries
banned LTTE as a Terrorist group which
was considered as the major setback
for the Tigers.
Karuna said that he has won 60% of
his battles of his 22 years with the
LTTE.
Karuna remembered his early days with
the LTTE leader, he walked down the
memory lane stating, "After my
training, I was first appointed as
a personal bodyguard for Prabhakaran.
I was very close to him; we were both
very friendly with each other. In
those days, he was a good leader.
Discipline was very high. When we
were in the LTTE, we can't smoke,
we can't drink, no girls. And he was
like that also. But little by little
he changed.”
And also that he has never seen Prabhakaran
in the battle field as he always stayed
behind the lines.He said that he cannot
accept Prabhakaran as an iron man
or a born leader because he was never
like that.
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